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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Thomas cole" <thomascole003@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:51:37 +0000
Subject: DEAR WINNER

U.K LOTTERY.
28 ROMFORD AVENUE,
FOREST GATE
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
REF: NBM /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD

DEAR WINNER,

ON BEHALF OF THE U.K LOTTERY AND FROM THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS
DEPARTMENT,WE GLADLY NOTIFY YOU OF YOUR LUCKY WIN OF A TOTAL OF
5,000,000 POUNDS STERLING ONLY,IN THE ON-GOING DRAWS, HELD ON THE 21TH OF
DECEMBER, 2005.

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT IN THE 3RD CATEGORY OF OUR COMPUTER
BALLOTTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 15 MILLION NAMES FROM AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,
AMERICA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICA AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.
YOUR EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER: 025-1146-1992-750,
WITH SERIAL NUMBER: 2113-22
AND LUCKY NUMBERS: 6, 13, 15, 23, 25, 33 .
(YOU CAN CHECK YOUR RESULTS ON
www.alllotto.co.uk<http://www.alllotto.co.uk/>TO CONFIRM YOUR EXACT PRIZE
AMOUNT)

YOU WINNING FALLS UNDER THE BOOKLET OF OUR EUROPEAN CO-ORDINATOR,THEREFORE
YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED TO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT,TO PROCESS YOUR
PRIZE CLAIM, AT THE ADDRESS BELOW:

Name: SIR PETERS DUKE
(EUROPEAN FIDUCIARY AGENT.)
Email:petersduke001@yahoo.com
ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF U.K LOTTERY TEAM, WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
YOURS SINCERELY,

DR. FREDERICK WILCOX.
HEAD, ONLINE CONTACT TEAM.
U.K LOTTERY.
WARNING:

1. YOU ARE HIGHLY ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR PRIZE WINNING HIGHLY SECRET,
CONFIDENTIAL AND FROM PUBLIC NOTICE, UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETELY
TRANSFFERED YOUR PRIZE, TO AVOID ANY LOSS, TO UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS,
AS WE DID NOT EVEN PUBLISH YOUR NAME/EMAIL ON THE WEBSITE, TO PROTECT
YOU AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY.

2. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED, IF UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

3. YOUR PRIZE MONEY WILL BE FOREFEITED, IF YOU FAIL TO CLAIM YOUR
PRIZE, ON OR BEFORE THE 15th OF JANUARY, 2006 SO CONTACT YOUR
FIDUCIARY AGENT IMMEDIATELY.



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